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Sculpting life into sandstone

By STEVE GRAY SOME of these country blokes can turn their hand to anything. Hugh Tindall is one. At 87, Mr Tindall spends most of his days...

Red Cross milestone

WHEN the Red Cross calls for volunteers, it’s often in response to some cry for help, big or small, local, national, or international. Not on...

Seat belts save lives

HOW would you like to slammed into a brick wall at 100 kilometres per hour? Or have it happen to a child? That’s a great...

New recruits graduate

FOURTEEN Tenterfield High School students have completed the NSW Rural Fire Service secondary school cadet program. RFS Superintendent Chris Wallbridge said the program was the...

Southern Downs Rifle Club

ON SUNDAY 8 December shooters were at the 400-yard range on a very hot day that had a few wind changes. The scores for...

Poetry in the streets

POETS, sharpen your quills, hone your images. Tenterfield Shire Council is running a competition to find three original poems to go on new interpretative signs...

First of the Dungarees

By STEVE GRAY WITH the approach of centenary commemorations for World War I, communities all across the nation will be delving into history to remember...

Books a lasting gift

THE Tenterfield Hub is hosting a Community Giving Tree until 20 December. It is an opportunity for anyone in the town to come in and...

Benefits still flow

THE Department of Human Services has special arrangements for payments and services over the Christmas and New Year period. Department of Human Services General Manager...

Fresh Fest in park

FRESH Fest will hold its last market for 2013 on Friday 13 December at Leslie Park in Warwick. Organisers promise more than 50 market...

Six nabbed in drug raids

WARWICK detectives conducted a series of drug raids in the city over the past week. The first of six raids on Friday, 6 December targeted...

Sickies were porkies

FOUR meatworkers had their bacon well and truly cooked after granting themselves sickies using a stolen book of medical certificates. One of the men stole...

Main meat markets improved

Weather played a factor on the import of numbers for the weekly sales. It was great for the area to receive the falls but...